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Plant
longevity
annual or biennial
perennial
Leaves
arrangement/phyllotaxy
basal
alternate
Graminoid Traits
stem consistency
solid
hollow except at nodes
ligules
absent
eciliate membrane
ciliate membrane
fringe of hairs
spikelet disarticulation
breaking up at maturity (above glumes)
falling entire (below glumes)
persistent
spikelet compression
laterally compressed
dorsally compressed
subterete
awns - present/absent
awns present
awns absent
Grass Class - ASU fall 2009
L. R. Landrum & E. Makings
Species Count: 54
Poaceae
Aegilops cylindrica
Aristida
Arundo donax
Avena fatua
Bothriochloa barbinodis
Bouteloua aristidoides
Bouteloua barbata
Bouteloua chondrosioides
Bouteloua curtipendula
Bouteloua eriopoda
Bouteloua gracilis
Bouteloua hirsuta
Bouteloua radicosa
Bouteloua repens
Chloris virgata
Cynodon dactylon
Digitaria californica
Diplachne fusca
Disakisperma dubium
Echinochloa colona
Echinochloa crus-galli
Elymus elymoides
Eragrostis cilianensis
Eragrostis curvula
Eragrostis intermedia
Eragrostis lehmanniana
Eragrostis mexicana
Eriochloa acuminata
Eriocoma hymenoides
Heteropogon contortus
Hilaria belangeri
Hordeum jubatum
Hordeum murinum
Hordeum vulgare
Leptochloa panicea
Lycurus
Muhlenbergia dumosa
Muhlenbergia emersleyi
Muhlenbergia longiligula
Muhlenbergia montana
Muhlenbergia porteri
Muhlenbergia sinuosa
Muhlenbergia wrightii
Panicum hirticaule
Pennisetum ciliare
Pennisetum setaceum
Setaria leucopila
Setaria viridis
Sorghum halepense
Sporobolus cryptandrus
Thinopyrum intermedium
Triticum aestivum
Urochloa arizonica
Zuloagaea bulbosa